Six to Start debuted
their first augmented reality game called Zombies, Run!
Not exact matches
The
game earned $ 200 million in its
first month and served as an introduction for
augmented reality games to most people.
Augmented reality, which overlays information onto the real world (think of that yellow line shown during televised football
games to indicate the location of the
first down marker) will now help truck drivers, warehouse workers, and management keep track of products from the second they leave the factory until the moment they arrive at your door.
When it was
first released, unprecedented numbers of mobile
gamers began playing the
augmented reality (AR)
game.
Pokémon GO may be the
first breakthrough
game to use
augmented reality, but it certainly won't be the last.
Almost five years ago Niantic launched Ingress, our
first augmented reality mobile
game, turning real - world streets, neighborhoods and cities into a global Directed by Don Siegel.
Sony have released the Wonderbook which uses the PlayStation Move with a new peripheral with
augmented reality and it's release has coincided with the release of the
first game on it titles Book of Spells which was written by J.K Rowling who wrote a series of books about some wizard called Harry Potter.
PlayStation Mobile has released their
first augmented reality (AR)
game tie - in app, in the form of God of War Mimir's Vision.
I should point out that this
game isn't true
augmented reality, but it is the
first experience that many will have with an
augmented reality experience and can be the catalyst that drives more in depth AR experiences on mobile and could even allow AR to take off on dedicated devices (Hololens), however dedicated AR is still a way in the future.
For more on the latest indie
game news, be sure to check out our previous coverage of how Pokemon GO inspired Sony to pursue
augmented reality mobile
games, the recent release of the
first major expansion for Ark: Survival Evolved, and how one YouTuber found out just how big the planets are in No Man's Sky.
Additional titles with multiple nominations are id Software and Bethesda Softworks»
first - person shooter IP reboot DOOM (three nominations); Niantic's free - to - play, location - based
augmented reality game Pokémon Go (three nominations); EA DICE / Electronic Arts» World War I inspired
first - person shooter Battlefield 1 (two nominations); JAPAN Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment's long - awaited single player action - adventure The Last Guardian (two nominations); Hello Games» open universe and action - adventure survival
game No Man's Sky (two nominations); Night School Studio's narrative and dialogue - driven supernatural mystery graphic - adventure title Oxenfree (two nominations); Drool's fast - paced «rhythm violence»
game Thumper (two nominations); and Thekla's 3D
game set in an open - world filled with natural and man - made puzzles, The Witness (two nominations).
Consumers getting a
first look at
augmented -
reality games and glasses - free 3D visuals on the Nintendo 3DS system
«We're incredibly excited to be hosting a videogame in a swimming pool,» says Simons of AREEF, billed as the world's
first multiplayer underwater
augmented -
reality game, which will be shown at Nottingham's Victoria Leisure Centre on Sunday.
Using Microsoft HoloLens, Singh has recreated the
first level of Super Mario Bros. into an
augmented reality game that allows the user to venture into a 3D version of the favorite childhood
game themselves.
Explore Tamatown in full AR (
Augmented Reality), find your hidden friends and collect treasure and bonuses in the
first ever AR - enabled Tamagotchi
game!
First, a good example is the phenomenon that is Niantic's Pokémon GO, an
augmented reality game that requires users to get up, go outside, and hunt down Pokémon.
«Attendees will get a
first - hand, in - depth look at how players are interacting and exploring the world with one another through Pokemon GO, the collaborative approach to design and development for the
game and the next evolution of
augmented reality and real - world mobile gameplay experiences.»
Pokémon Go is the hit
augmented reality game of 2016 and is one of the
first virtual
games to take players outdoors, making players interact with the outside world.
Apple will be hosting a session at this year's
Game Developers Conference for the
first time, offering an introduction to ARKit, its
augmented reality platform for developers.The session will be presented by Michael Kuhn, who leads Apple's ARKit engineering team.Entitled «Introduction to Apple's ARKit: Best practices and recent updates,» the talk will cover core concepts of the ARKit framework and the ARKit API.
While we've already seen independent studios render Valve's award - winning puzzle Portal inside virtual
reality, one creative developer has taken the concept up a notch by bringing the futuristic
first - person
game to
augmented reality — and it looks absolutely stunning.